Biggest box office flops of 2017

It’s that time of year where we see which films were the biggest box office flops of 2017.

2017 has come to a close, so now we can see what films were sure to have gotten at least a few executives yelled at.

A few notes on the table, the vast majority of those listed are obvious to have not turned a profit, but those that appear to have a total higher than their budget doesn’t mean they made any money. The rule of thumb is take the global gross, divide it by two and then subtract the budget to figure out if a film made a profit. This takes into account marketing costs, the higher percentage distributors take overseas and so on.

Title

Domestic Box Office

Foreign Box Office

Total

Production Budget

A Cure for Wellness

$8,106,986

$18,452,571

$26,559,557

$40,000,000

All Eyez on Me

$44,922,302

N/A

$44,922,302

$40,000,000

All I See is You

$217,644

N/A

$217,644

$30,000,000

Blade Runner 2049

$91,524,557

$166,720,993

$258,245,550

$150,000,000

CHiPs

$18,600,152

$8,200,000

$26,800,152

$25,000,000

The Circle

$20,497,844

N/A

$20,497,844

$18,000,000

Collide

$2,280,004

$2,531,521

$4,811,525

$21,500,000

Colossal

$3,029,287

$1,700,000

$4,700,000

$15,000,000

The Dark Tower

$50,701,325

$61,056,670

$111,757,995

$60,000,000

Detroit

$16,790,139

N/A

$16,790,139

$34,000,000

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

$20,738,724

$19,402,248

$40,140,972

$22,000,000

Free Fire

$1,799,312

$2,100,000

$3,800,000

$7,000,000

The Founder

$12,786,053

$11,335,192

$24,121,245

$25,000,000

Geostorm

$33,424,531

$175,000,00

$208,424,531

$120,000,000

Ghost in the Shell

$40,563,557

$129,238,364

$169,801,921

$110,000,000

Gold

$7,227,038

N/A

$7,227,038

$20,000,000

The House

$25,584,504

$8,600,000

$34,184,504

$40,000,000

Just Getting Started

$5,973,430

N/A

$5,973,430

$22,000,000

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

$39,175,066

$109,500,000

$148,675,066

$175,000,000

LBJ

$2,470,979

N/A

$2,470,979

$20,000,000

LEGO Ninjago Movie

$59,281,555

$63,800,000

$123,081,555

$70,000,000

Life

$30,234,022

$70,307,784

$100,541,806

$58,000,000

Logan Lucky

$27,780,977

$19,505,145

$47,286,122

$29,000,000

The Lost City of Z

$8,580,410

$18,800,000

$17,200,000

$30,000,000

Monster Trucks

$33,370,166

$31,123,749

$64,493,915

$125,000,000

mother!

$17,800,004

$26,716,995

$44,516,999

$30,000,000

Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

$28,370,522

$36,775,498

$65,146,020

$40,000,000

Only the Brave

$18,062,909

$4,955,028

$23,017,937

$38,000,000

The Ottoman Lieutenant

$240,978

N/A

$240,978

$40,000,000

The Promise

$8,224,288

N/A

$8,224,288

$90,000,000

Power Rangers

$85,364,450

$56,972,790

$142,337,240

$100,000,000

Rock Dog

$9,420,546

N/A

$9,420,546

$60,000,000

Sleepless

$20,783,704

$11,976,622

$32,760,326

$30,000,000

Snatched

$45,852,178

$14,993,533

$60,845,711

$42,000,000

The Space Between Us

$7,885,294

$6,908,091

$14,793,385

$30,000,000

Stronger

$4,211,129

$1,884,454

$6,095,583

$30,000,000

Suburbicon

$5,775,178

N/A

$5,775,178

$25,000,000

Table 19

$3,614,896

$1,427,118

$5,042,014

$5,000,000

Thank You for Your Service

$9,479,390

N/A

$9,479,390

$20,000,000

Tulip Fever

$2,425,664

$5,926,080

$8,351,744

$25,000,000

A United Kingdom

$3,902,185

$9,916,954

$13,819,139

$14,000,000

Unforgettable

$11,368,012

$6,400,000

$17,768,012

$12,000,000

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

$41,189,488

$184,684,740

$225,874,228

$177,000,000

The Zookeeper's Wife

$17,445,186

$5,727,421

$23,172,607

$20,000,000

Considering how badly the box office went this year, it’s surprising there weren’t more flops. The number jumped from 41 last year to 45 this year.

Once again there is no real trend to see in topics, settings, genres or even actors.

Here’s hoping that 2018 sees the number of flops drop, but somehow I think we’re going to see a similar sized list.

A few movies are still in release, but they have little to no hope of breaking even.